Editing Oracle Park (section)

===Naming rights===
[[File:Pbp574.jpg|right|thumb|[[Barry Bonds]] passes [[Harmon Killebrew]] for seventh on the all-time [[home run]] list on May 13, 2002.]]
On April 3, 1996, [[Pacific Bell]], a telephone company serving California based in San Francisco, purchased the [[naming rights]] for the planned ballpark for $50&nbsp;million for 24&nbsp;years. The stadium was named Pacific Bell Park, or Pac Bell Park for short.<ref name="SFGate AT&T Park rename">{{cite news |title=It's Official: SBC Park Becomes AT&T March 1 / S.F. Giants Will Be Playing Ball on Field's Second Name Change Since Opening in 2000|first=George|last=Raine|url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/It-s-official-SBC-Park-becomes-AT-T-March-1-2542007.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=February 4, 2006|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref>

Just days before the sponsorship was announced, [[SBC Communications]] had announced their intention to acquire Pacific Bell's parent company, [[Pacific Telesis]], a deal which closed in April 1997. SBC eventually stopped using the Pacific Bell name for marketing, and reached an agreement with the Giants to change the stadium's name to SBC Park on January 1, 2004.<ref name="SFGate AT&T Park rename"/>

After SBC bought [[AT&T Corporation]] on November 18, 2005, the name of the merged company became [[AT&T Inc.]] As a result, in 2006 the stadium was given its third name in six years: AT&T Park.<ref name="SFGate AT&T Park rename"/>
[[File:SF Giants Night Game.jpg|thumb|right|A Giants' night game on September 25, 2018, vs. the [[San Diego Padres]] from a lower-level view at Oracle Park]]
On January 9, 2019, it was reported that AT&T had given the Giants the option of ending the naming deal a year early, if the team could quickly find a new partner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Haft|first=Chris|title=Giants, Oracle agree to naming rights deal|url=https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-oracle-agree-to-naming-rights-deal/c-302553388|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=SFGiants.com|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 17, 2019}}</ref> The Giants and [[Redwood Shores, California|Redwood Shores]] based [[Oracle Corporation]] came to a rapid agreement, with the old AT&T Park signs being replaced with temporary Oracle Park banners on January 10.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schulman|first=Henry|title=SF Giants' home now called Oracle Park after AT&T split|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/San-Francisco-Giants-home-now-called-Oracle-13522180.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref>